1 [U] =TELEPHONE(1)a phone conversation 电话交谈;通电话 ·
You can book the tickets over the/by phone.你可用电话订票。
2 [C] = TELEPHONE(2)The phone is ringing -- could you answer it?电话铃在响,你去接好吗?
phoneverb [I,T]
Did anybody phone while I was out?我不在时有人打电话来吗?Could you phone the restaurant and book a table?你打电话到那饭店订一个桌子可以吗? [SYN] ring or call 同义词为ring或call
on the phone/telephone
1 using the telephone 在打电话
2 having a telephone in your home (家里)装有电话:
I'll have to write to her because she's not on the phone.她家里没有电话,我得写信给她。
phone1/fon; fəʊn/n [C,U] a telephone 电话: What's your phone number ? 你的电话号码是什么?The phone rang while I was in the shower. 我在洗淋浴时电话铃响了。He rushed to answer the phone . 他冲过去接电话。Greg said goodbye and put the phone down (=ended the telephone conversation). 格雷格说了声再见﹐挂上电话。on the phone (=talking to someone using a telephone) 在通电话 Could you turn the TV down? I’m on the phone. 你能把电视音量调低些吗?我在打电话。by phone You can reserve tickets by phone. 你可以通过电话订票。see box at见 TELEPHONE1 方框CELL PHONE, MOBILE PHONE, PAY PHONE
phone2also 又作 phone upv [I,T] to speak to someone using a telephone [ call ](给…)打电话: Carla phoned me in the middle of the night. 卡拉深更半夜给我打电话。I’ll phone up and find out what time the museum opens. 我打电话去问问博物馆什么时候开门。For more information, phone 0296 333444. 欲知详情﹐请拨打 0296 333444 。I’m busy but I’ll phone you back (=phone again) later. 我正忙着﹐过会儿再打电话给你。THESAURUS 同类词Phone , ring , call and telephone all mean ‘to use the telephone to speak to someone’. ☆ phone﹐ring﹐call 和 telephone 都是打电话的意思。Phone and ring are the usual words in British English. ☆ phone 和 ring 是英国英语里的常用单词。Call is the usual word in American English. ☆ call 是美国英语里的常用单词。Telephone is only used in fairly formal situations. ☆ telephone 只用于相当正式的场合。
phonephonephones1 (alsotelephone) nounan instrument that you use for talking to somebody who is in another place: The phone's ringing – can you answer it?be on the phoneto be using the phone: Anna was on the phone for an hour.phonephonephonesphonedphoning2verb (phones, phoning, phoned) (British alsophone up)to speak to somebody by phonesame meaningcall: I phoned Di last night. I was just phoning up for a chat. Could you phone back later?